UK amber list countries

Which countries could go on the amber-plus list? Amber nations at risk of losing quarantine-free travel

Initially, the only exception to the new amber list rules was France, after it was announced that quarantine rules would remain in place there because of concerns over the spread of theBeta variant, which was first identified in South Africa.

However, this was scrapped in the travel announcement of 4 August, while rumours of a new amber watchlist failed to come to fruition after an outpouring of criticism.

Amber list countries

In the last travel on Thursday 26 August update seven countries moved fromthe amber listto the green list, havingdemonstrated they posed a low risk to UK public health: the Azores, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania and Switzerland.

However, Montenegro and Thailand moved from the amber tothe red list from 4.00am on Monday 30 August, leaving the amber list looking like this: